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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Miss Lenhart]] is | + | {{incomplete|This explanation requires some touching up.}} |
+ | [[Miss Lenhart]] is teaching a class blatantly wrong facts about Venus, and using actual scientific terms incorrectly to support her claims. | ||
− | In the first panel | + | In the first panel we see Miss Lenhart teaching the history of Venus. This is the history currently accepted by most scientists, aside from the Venusians cultivating flowers. |
+ | In the second panel, "runaway greenhouse effect" is a pun, referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_greenhouse_effect Runaway Greenhouse Effect]. The comic takes the term literally and assumes the greenhouses were actually running away. | ||
+ | The third panel is just absolute nonsense, fabricated by Miss Lenhart. In the final panel we see that she is a month away from retirement and doesn't care about relaying acurate information anymore. | ||
− | The | + | The title text is a pun on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect Butterfly Effect], misattributing it to Miss Lenhart's false history. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Miss Lenhart is standing in front of an image | + | :[Miss Lenhart is standing in front of an image, presumably a temperate Venus, with greenhouses, grass, flowers and a river flowing into a sea.] |
− | :Miss Lenhart: Venus was | + | :Miss Lenhart: Venus once was temperate. It had seas and rivers, and Venusians cultivated vast fields of beautiful flowers. |
− | :[The image now | + | :[The image is now zoomed out to see the entirety of Venus, with continents and oceans. The greenhouses are shown moving (running) away from Venus.] |
:Miss Lenhart: Until their greenhouses fled the planet due to the runaway greenhouse effect. | :Miss Lenhart: Until their greenhouses fled the planet due to the runaway greenhouse effect. | ||
− | :[Miss Lenhart is | + | :[Miss Lenhart is now standing in front of a classroom and addressing the students.] |
:Miss Lenhart: The Venusians pursued their greenhouses to Earth, settling in the Netherlands and kickstarting the Dutch floral industry. Any questions? | :Miss Lenhart: The Venusians pursued their greenhouses to Earth, settling in the Netherlands and kickstarting the Dutch floral industry. Any questions? | ||
− | : | + | :Offscreen: Because you're retiring in a month, do you just not care what you say anymore? |
− | :Miss Lenhart: | + | :Miss Lenhart: What?! I '''ride the skies''' atop a screaming bird of truth! Also, yes, I do not. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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